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A Dolphin named Ms. Mayhem: Why that name?

Mar 16, 2011 1 comment By Blair Irvine

 

Ms. Mayhem was given that name because the first time she was captured for tagging, in 1976, because she was decidedly unwilling to cooperate with the researchers. Over the years, when occasionally captured and released during health assessments, she mellowed. She died in 2008 at the age of 54.

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Blair Irvine

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I manage the SDRP website, serve as President of the Dolphin Biology Research Institute, and otherwise volunteer as needed. I started the SDRP in 1970 with then High School student Randy Wells, and I led the research through the 70’s. Randy took over in the early 80s when I changed careers. Since then, my non-dolphin interests mostly have been in the area of human behavioral health. With NIH support, much of my research has involved Internet interventions and training programs. My graduate degrees are in Zoology (MS), Exercise Physiology (MAPE), and Health Education (PhD).

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